There was a particular statue of two pairs of arms hugging representing MLK Jr and his wife Corretta that inspired the exact opposite feelings, apparently, as many onlookers mistakenly thought it was something more obscene.
I saw this is Boston just last week, my first view of it was the second picture. I mentioned to my partner that it looked like a sex act. I’m so glad I’m not the only one who sees that.
This statue of King was also thought to be an improper depiction.
“We don’t even see his feet. He is embedded in the rock like something not yet fully born, suited and stern, rising from its roughly chiseled surface. His face is uncompromising, determined, his eyes fixed in the distance, not far from where Jefferson stands across the water. But kitsch here strains at the limits of resemblance: Is this the Dr. King of the “I Have a Dream” speech? Or the writer of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech?”
There was a particular statue of two pairs of arms hugging representing MLK Jr and his wife Corretta that inspired the exact opposite feelings, apparently, as many onlookers mistakenly thought it was something more obscene.
It’s actually all four. I can see how one might confuse it for something obscene without the context.
If you ask me, I think we need to make obscene statues hip again. Bring back the priapus statues!
like this guy?
What is all four, tf are you talking about?
It is all four arms, both of MLK Jr’s and both of Corretta Scott King’s.
one side.
the other side.
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Oh I see the confusion now, thanks.
I saw this is Boston just last week, my first view of it was the second picture. I mentioned to my partner that it looked like a sex act. I’m so glad I’m not the only one who sees that.
Uh…
No. Completely different statue.
This statue of King was also thought to be an improper depiction.
“We don’t even see his feet. He is embedded in the rock like something not yet fully born, suited and stern, rising from its roughly chiseled surface. His face is uncompromising, determined, his eyes fixed in the distance, not far from where Jefferson stands across the water. But kitsch here strains at the limits of resemblance: Is this the Dr. King of the “I Have a Dream” speech? Or the writer of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech?”
-Edward Rothstein
Okay but people thought the arms thing was a depiction of fellatio, so not remotely similar in reception.
Well they are in the category of bad MLK statues but yeah I agree oral sex is not very similar to a stern expression